She & Him - Volume 3
3-5 Stars
It’s fair to say that there are no real surprises here.
10th May 2013
3-5 Stars rated Albums & EPs
Still Corners - Strange Pleasures
3-5 Stars
There are so many albums that take inspiration from the 80s that it’s hard to stand out.
4th May 2013
The D.O.T - Diary
3-5 Stars
It’s a veritable sonic smorgasbord.
3rd May 2013
Noah And The Whale - Heart Of Nowhere
3-5 Stars
It takes its predecessor’s penchant for the instant, and injects an enormous dose of FM-friendly power-pop.
3rd May 2013
The Child Of Lov - The Child Of Lov
3-5 Stars
As an introduction to the man and a myth he’s already constructing it’s a very enticing and exciting one.
30th April 2013
Treetop Flyers - The Mountain Moves
3-5 Stars
Despite its striking familiarity, their debut marks a somewhat welcome return to the classic side of folk-rock.
28th April 2013
Guided By Voices - English Little League
3-5 Stars
‘English Little League’, like many of its GBV brethren, is a scattergun, busy thing, full of ideas but with a tendency to leave some of them as skeletal as an atopic squirrel.
28th April 2013
Cayucas - Bigfoot
3-5 Stars
Not particularly profound, but seriously pleasant.
28th April 2013
Akron/Family - Sub Verses
3-5 Stars
An album in acceptable disorder.
27th April 2013
Seasick Steve - Hubcap Music
3-5 Stars
Only accentuated further by the good old-fashioned tape recording, a raw cut is given to the ripping guitars.
27th April 2013
Purson - The Circle And The Blue Door
3-5 Stars
It’s difficult not to fall for their undeniably sinister charm.
26th April 2013
The Phoenix Foundation - Fandango
3-5 Stars
A record steeped in classicism that perfectly fits the concept of the rock double album.
26th April 2013
!!! - Thr!!!er
3-5 Stars
The band’s fifth full-length is some f!!!er and some k!!!er.
25th April 2013
No Joy - Wait To Pleasure
3-5 Stars
A fluid set of coherent songs that have subtle twists, but always work as a collective.
22nd April 2013
Simian Mobile Disco - Live
3-5 Stars
Every bleep, squeak and clap is perfect and hypnotic momentum of the set make it impossible to start the record without finishing it.
20th April 2013
Sweet Baboo - Ships
3-5 Stars
In parts exuberant and giddy, in parts dejected and heartbroken, this is a quintessentially British record.
19th April 2013
The Neighbourhood - I Love You
3-5 Stars
It’s a smarter beast than it gives off, this.
18th April 2013
Echopark - Trees
3-5 Stars
Forte states in his bio that he is actively seeking imperfection; his is a purity of sound that cannot be tainted by things going wrong.
15th April 2013
The Haxan Cloak - Excavation
3-5 Stars
What The Haxan Cloak and its mastermind Bobby Krlic want to do with this music is create pure audio fear.
15th April 2013
The Thermals - Desperate Ground
3-5 Stars
Such vibrant narratives are sorely needed as ‘Desperate Ground’ lacks dynamic and variation elsewhere.
13th April 2013
Iron & Wine - Ghost On Ghost
3-5 Stars
Uncomplicated, joyful stuff.
13th April 2013
Alessi’s Ark - The Still Life
3-5 Stars
‘The Still Life’ reflects a wispy collection of tales of love that, in contradiction to the album’s title, are wonderfully dynamic.
12th April 2013
Charli XCX - True Romance
3-5 Stars
As the opening notes of ‘Nuclear Seasons’ seep through the speakers, it becomes apparent that this is an artist much more mature than her years.
11th April 2013
Bill Ryder-Jones - A Bad Wind Blows In My Heart
3-5 Stars
This loses none of the considered compositional qualities of his previous work, but adds to it a certain world-worn raggedness.
7th April 2013
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.